Anaheim, California

In this presentation, Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert will talk about the need for students, beginning in kindergarten, to spend substantial amounts of time with text. Without such opportunities, students will not have the proficiencies to comprehend texts with complex content and structures as they move through school. In this presentation, Freddy will describe ways in which teachers can increase the time their students spend in reading to learn.

Ogden, UT

San Francisco, CA

San Antonio, TX

This preconvention institute is designed to answer pressing questions of educational leaders in states, districts, and schools about the new assessments that will be administered in the 2014—2015 school year.

This session gives educators insight into assessments that support the goals of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Speakers include leaders in the development of the CCSS and related assessments, researchers of assessment practices and issues, and leaders in state agencies and teacher education who are working on implementation of the CCSS. Articles and presentations of presenters and opportunities to ask questions of presenters will be available prior to the institute to support shared background for dialogue and presentations. Participants will also be able to ask questions of speakers digitally during the institute which will be addressed in summary sessions.

The Common Core State Standards identified a three-part model for establishing the complexity of texts. This presentation will examine existing scholarship for each source-quantitative, qualitative, and reader-task-with the goal of identifying support for educators in selecting and teaching texts in ways that increase students' capacity with complex text (Standard 10). Ways in which practitioners and researchers can work together to bolster text assessment systems will be identified in the final section of the presentation.